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Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
1980's?
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EltonFrog
Legendary Member
Dunno, I haven't looked at it, just bunged it in the garage for now, I think it might be to small for me .
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User32269
Guest
Cotter pins & a kickstand. Like it already.
hopless500
Trundling along
- Location
- not-as-flat-as-you-think Norfolk
I love my mixte. There's just something about them 
Cycleops
Legendary Member
- Location
- Accra, Ghana
Well done, doesn't look too bad from what I can make out. Let us know how you get on with it.
I put one of those kickstands on a steel framed childs bike and it distorted the bottom chainstays so much the crank caught it so beware of over tightening!
roadrash
cycle chatterer
- Location
- sitting on the edge of wigan pier
love it
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EltonFrog
Legendary Member
Right then, I have taken ten minutes off my stair painting exercise to have a little look at this.
Its a Raleigh Misty, not particularly rare there are loads of photos on t'net and even elsewhere on cycle chat. The tyres are perished to buggery but they pumped up and kept the air. Here are some photos, I'm looking forward to tidying this up.
It's a bit grubby.
A job for GT85 me thinks.
A bit of spit and a wipe with the finger cleared that bit up.
Chain is slack.
Really slack.
Brooks saddle
multi tool included.
I reckon it's been at in the garage for 20 years.
Its a Raleigh Misty, not particularly rare there are loads of photos on t'net and even elsewhere on cycle chat. The tyres are perished to buggery but they pumped up and kept the air. Here are some photos, I'm looking forward to tidying this up.
It's a bit grubby.
A job for GT85 me thinks.
A bit of spit and a wipe with the finger cleared that bit up.
Chain is slack.
Really slack.
Brooks saddle
multi tool included.
I reckon it's been at in the garage for 20 years.
Spokesmann
Keeping the Carlton and Sun names alive...
- Location
- Plymouth, Devon
Good luck with this one!
roadrash
cycle chatterer
- Location
- sitting on the edge of wigan pier
gonna need a king sized tub of elbow grease
mcshroom
Bionic Subsonic
- Location
- Egremont, Cumbria
Pretty bike!
Good luck with the restoration. Hopefully that's mainly muck rather than rust on there and she'll clean up nicely
Good luck with the restoration. Hopefully that's mainly muck rather than rust on there and she'll clean up nicely
Hill Wimp
Fair weathered,fair minded but easily persuaded.
I like the look of that. Let me know if when you have polished her up and I might make you an offer.
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EltonFrog
Legendary Member
Pretty bike!
Good luck with the restoration. Hopefully that's mainly muck rather than rust on there and she'll clean up nicely
I'm not going to restore it, I'm going to see if I can economically get road worthy.
I like the look of that. Let me know if when you have polished her up and I might make you an offer.
Will do.
raleighnut
Legendary Member
- Location
- One of the 'Elite'
A good dissasemble, polish and regrease that should come up nice. New cables/chain/tyres would get it rideable but I'd stick a pair of these on as well.
http://www.googleadservices.com/pag...ahUKEwj9ve-Wkv7RAhUS7GMKHRhGDdIQwg8IIA&adurl=
EDIT - I know the link is for the rear but they do a front to match, I'm not suggesting you fit 2 rears before any smart-arses start.
http://www.googleadservices.com/pag...ahUKEwj9ve-Wkv7RAhUS7GMKHRhGDdIQwg8IIA&adurl=
EDIT - I know the link is for the rear but they do a front to match, I'm not suggesting you fit 2 rears before any smart-arses start.
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EltonFrog
Legendary Member
I've been having a little fettle with the mixte, not too much because I'm not sure if I want to get that into it, but I pumped up the tyres to see if they would keep air, the rear did and the front did enough for me to ride it down the street and back, the gears work, the brakes work, the pedals turn etc. It defo needs a new back wheel and defo needs new tubes and tyres
Most of the rust is coming off with some GT85 and fine wire wool, I measured the chain and although it's rusty it hasn't stretched much, it could be salvageable. I removed the rear rack, that my be too far gone, but we shall see.
I'm puzzled by the size, it does feel to small for me though the measurement from the BB to the top of the seat tube is 56 the same as my modern carbon road bike, maybe the top tube is too short, I don't understand these things. Perhaps someone could explain that?
Some more photos.
![IMG_4891[1].JPG](https://www.cyclechat.net/attachments/img_4891-1-jpg.337665/ "IMG_4891[1].JPG")
![IMG_4892[1].JPG](https://www.cyclechat.net/attachments/img_4892-1-jpg.337666/ "IMG_4892[1].JPG")
![IMG_4893[1].JPG](https://www.cyclechat.net/attachments/img_4893-1-jpg.337667/ "IMG_4893[1].JPG")
![IMG_4895[1].JPG](https://www.cyclechat.net/attachments/img_4895-1-jpg.337668/ "IMG_4895[1].JPG")
Most of the rust is coming off with some GT85 and fine wire wool, I measured the chain and although it's rusty it hasn't stretched much, it could be salvageable. I removed the rear rack, that my be too far gone, but we shall see.
I'm puzzled by the size, it does feel to small for me though the measurement from the BB to the top of the seat tube is 56 the same as my modern carbon road bike, maybe the top tube is too short, I don't understand these things. Perhaps someone could explain that?
Some more photos.